Critiquing Comics #122: “A Brief History Of Feminism”

by Hannah Means Shannon

Comicon.com welcomes back the Critiquing Comics Podcast tonight, from the same folks who bring us Deconstructing Comics, but this time focusing on the craft of comics.

This time we take on a rather unusual Critiquing Comics submission, a book from MIT Press called A Brief History of Feminism, written by Antje Schrupp and drawn by Patu. Yes, it’s a book on feminism reviewed by two dudes — same ones as always, Tim and Mulele — but since it’s Critiquing Comics, we’re mostly concerned with the technical aspects: Is this book actually a comic? How could the lettering have been better? But also: Swiss women got the vote when?!